The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-13

/ sud tod farmers boy WHO came
Along with a bucket of wster, to stay
near this man while witness went g.
assistance of others. 10 few minute :
after leaving him, witness heard 8
shout. and turning back, found hat
the man
Rad SHOT HIMSELF
in the forehead, producing ins'sn,
death. The boy had meanwhile gone
away short distance 10 give water
, TO another wounded person. Witness
Remembered having noticed decea. 4
trying TO get something out OF his
POCKET while witness Mss turning his
toes inward. j. II Markey, >gp rim
tendeut of bridges AMI buildings
Of the Toledo, Peoria and Wabash
testified thst be inspected the bridge
, in May last. IL was made of Two pie
bents, four pilings TO each bent twas
fifteen feet oug and Elk feet high. I lie
-tringcr-. ties and guard rai., were
put IN fourteen month ago. There
were walls of old timbers at esca end
ofthe bridge TO keep up the emDsuS.
meut. Its condition was good. Wit
mes. examined the bridge yesterday,
and found nothing LETT but part Of
partly burned curb and 3 few
pieces OF small timber piles, which
were burned oil close 10 the ground.
three or tour OF them sticSiu- UP two
feet from the ground. Witness
thought it would tshe about two
hours tor such s. bridge
10 burn. Two other bridges
IN the road have been burned thi,
year bu, have been -een in time to
prevent accidents. At this point the
inquest was adjourned until today.
PRESIDENT LEONARD.
CHATsWoRTH, It'll August As
g. the liability OF the company or the
future of the road, President Leonard
could not say. The fret thing the
officials will do will be TO devote their
attention to the unfortunate victims.
IL was a blow which would OF course
be most serious 10 the road. out that
was nothing compared with the death
and injury to human being. Mr..
Leonard says he could in a. couscicn-
tiousuess say that he belize ed the
road had provided every reasonable
and customary safeguard. With the
consent OF the coroner President
Leonard has arranged that all bodies
be jared for, washed and placed in
collins und conveyed to Peoria. where
with al their effects they will await
Tue bodies viii be
kept there ~ long NJ possible. then
if not Unidentified, will be inferred.
President Leonard aud Supcrinten.
dent Armstrong will go 10 Peoria
city this morning to care for the
wounded. The railroad and ware.
house commissioners are expected
here about 10 o'clock TO Investigate
the accident, As several desired
wI.no,,e- have not yet arrived, it j.
not expected that the coroner will
complete his hearing until late this
afternoon. The estimated number
OF dead this morning is about the
same rs the figures sent last night.
The coroner list revised up 10 the
time of the inquest was resumed to-
day and foots up to 20. Notwith.
standing the contrary opinions ex-
pressed by the railway officials, a
survey OF the wreck early today con-
lrmed the belief that several
bodies are still under the
smashed engines aud cars a. rep
Urted yesterday. Three or four
of the wounded carried to Piper CITY
yesterday died there, however. so
that, with sevcnty-siX on the cOro.
ner'- list here, and those supposed to
be yet under the wreck, the estimate
OF forty.clght dead appear to he very
close 10 the actual number. The hor-
rors of the wreck seemed deepening
early this morning instead OF lessen
iug. Added ~ the pittiable spectacle
of the dead and the miscries of the
dyiug,a stencil sickeuiugly foul was is
suing from ali the humorous places
whore the corpses Of the victims vet
No
LECTURE or HORRIBLE OCCURRENCES
mmediytcly succeeding an accident
could equal the revo ting details of
the Sceue ut the Toledo. Peoria, aud
Western depot here today, The west
END OF the little structure Is coal
house aud lumber room where, pros
mi-cuously stretched upon tho floor
IN coal and rubbish. were seven un
Identified bodies. Blood stained and
bcdragglcd sheets and blankets were
thrown loosly over each but afforded
little protection from the swarms of
tiies which were continually mover.
ing over them. The awful odor
from The bodies etlcctually
kept the room Clear OF al but the
hardest OF still lingering, anxious, or
curious crowds. Two OF the victims
we're women, aud the sight of their
faces WAS one never to be forgotten
sen -9tiOu.
FEATURES WERE DEVELOPED
this morning a, TO the cause of the
wreck. Rumors were ailoat last night
that II was done by robbars who fired
the bridge, but little credencc wa.
given them. This morning new facts
showing that the catgstro-
pie was the WORK OF on Organized
band came to hight and the railway
company ind, them WORTH OF serious
investigation. Supt Armstrong said
to an associated press reporter that
the more be- Investigated the more II
appeared TO him that thc bridge had